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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

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2395 Reviews
Penguin Group (Canada), Jan 1, 2010 - Fiction - 465 pages
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a striking novel. Just when I was thinking there wasn't anything new on the horizon, along comes Stieg Larsson with this wonderfully unique story. I was completely absorbed.” —Michael Connelly "I doubt you will read a better book this year.” —Val McDermid Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared off the secluded island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger family. There was no corpse, no witnesses, no evidence. But her uncle, Henrik, is convinced that she was murdered by someone from her own deeply dysfunctional family. Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist is hired to investigate, but he quickly finds himself in over his head. He hires a competent assistant: the gifted and conscience-free computer specialist Lisbeth Salander, and the two unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves.

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Also, the writing style is very detail-oriented. - Goodreads
His pacing is steady and plodding. - Goodreads
Loses points because writing wasn't all that great. - Goodreads
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Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)

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In rating this book I realized that I didn't even have a shelf for mystery books! The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a strong and compelling story with well written main characters, overall a solid ... Read full review

Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)

User Review  - Xox - Goodreads

First 100 pages. (Spoiler alert) Pretty nice set up of story. Met the key players and they started interacting. Next 100 pages. Still not much has happened yet. He interviewed someone, and asked about ... Read full review

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About the author (2010)

Stieg Larsson (1954-2004) was the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Expo from 1999, and had previously worked at a major news agency for many years. He was one of the world’s leading experts on anti-democratic, right-wing extremist and Nazi organisations, and he was often consulted on that account. He passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in November 2004, some time before the publication of his debut crime novel and first part of the Millennium Trilogy.

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